Course 50439-B: Working with Data using SQL Server 2008 R2 for Non-Database Administrators

Course Modality

Instructor-led (classroom)

Course Level

Intermediate

Course Time

3 days

Course Language

English

Course Overview

This instructor-led course provides students with the necessary knowledge to work with the data in SQL Server 2008R2. They will learn how to use the built in tools included with SQL Serverto construct queries, do tuning,analyze a query and it’s performance along with how to modify existing data, perform joins, create indexes and work with XML.The new features are discussed and their impact is explained. See At Course Completion.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have:

- - A working knowledge of databases but not necessarily Microsoft SQL.

Intended Audience

This course is intended for Power Users and IT Professionals that are called on to work with SQL Server in the retrieving, or modifying of data and need a good foundation to perform those functions. This would include those users that develop reports and need to create Data Sets that work efficiently.

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Self-Paced Online Video

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Online Practice Labs

Projects provide you with sample work to show prospective employers.

Applied Projects

Real-world projects relevant to what you’re learning throughout the program

Learner Social Forums

A support team focused on helping you succeed alongside a peer community

Skill Covered

After completing this course, students will be able to:

Use SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Use SSMS to generate efficient queries
Use the Object Browser in SSMS to locate objects and view their dependencies so you know the potential effect of a change.
Use the Template manager in SSMS to quickly import correctly formatted code that was prewritten by the SQL community

Customize the SSMS environment to match the users individual needs
Run a trace in SQL Profiler to analyze performance of operations
Use the debugger with a query to troubleshoot it
Work with SQL Server Integration Services to do a basic package for import/export, how to save it and automatically execute it.
Use the Database Tuning Advisor for faster queries
Read an SSMS Execution Plan and understand it and learn why you need to understand it.
Explain and perform single table queries and the proper method to develop them
Perform various joins between tables to reunite data stored separately such as an order and its details, or a salesperson and their sales and the product in the sale.
Understand indexing and its impact on speed of retrieval of data and when to not use it.
Write code within the context of a transaction to prevent data corruption
Utilize Try-Catch error handling and learn why to use it
Use Stored Procedures to access data and understand the improved security of using them and how easy they are to create via the community templates in SSMS.
Explain the new language features and how they improve the data environment and reporting
Write a sub-query as an advanced technique
Use common table expressions in a query
Work with the XML datatype and the new methods especially for XML.

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Course Curriculum

Module 1

The Toolsets

Lessons

SQL Server Management Studio
SQLCMD Utility
Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS)
SQL Profiler
Bulk Copy
Adventure Works Sample Database
Data Definition Language

Lab : The Toolsets

Module 2

Data Types and New T-SQL Language Features

Lessons

Lab : Data Types and New T-SQL Language Features

Module 3

Single Table Queries

Lessons

Logical Query Processing
Query Clauses (Listed in Logical Processing Order)
FROM
WHERE
GROUP BY
SELECT
ORDER BY
CASE
NULLS

Lab: Single Table Queries

Module 4

Joining Multiple Tables

Lessons

Lab: Joining Multiple Tables

Module 5

Subqueries, Common Table Expressions and Ranking Functions

Lessons

Lab : Subqueries, Common Table Expressions and Ranking Functions

Module 6

Indexing

Lessons

Lab: Indexing

Module 7

Query Tuning

Lessons

Lab: Query Tuning

Module 8

Data Modification, Transactions and Error Processing

Lessons

Lab: Data Modification, Transactions and Error Processing

Module 9

Stored Procedures and Triggers

Lessons

Stored Procedures
Triggers

Lab: Stored Procedures and Triggers

Module 10

XML

Lessons

XML Introduction
XML in SQL Server
XML Data Type
XML Indexes

Lab: XML

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